##@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@##
###%%%;=:, ,:=;%%%###
##@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@##
###@#%%=:, ,:=%%#@###
##%%;;;=:, ,:=;;;%%##
#%;=:,,,,, #,,,========,,,# ,,,,,:=;%#
#%%;=::,,, ####,== FERMI'S PARADOX ==,#### ,,,::=;%%#
##@#%%;=:, #,,,========,,,# ,:=;%%#@##
##%;:,,,,, ,,,,,:;%##
##%;=,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,,,,=;%##
#%;;====:, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,:====;;%#
#%=:,,,,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,,,,:=%#
##@#%%;=:, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,:=;%%#@##
###%==,,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,==%###
####%%;=:, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,:=;%%####
@##%;===:, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,:===;%##@
#%==,,,,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,,,,==%#
##%%;;==:, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,:==;;%%##
#%%;;:::,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,:::;;%%#
@%%=:,,,,, ,,,,,:=%%@
##@#%%;=:, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,:=;%%#@##
##%;::,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,::;%##
##@#%%;=:, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,:=;%%#@##
@@%;=,,,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,,=;%@@
#%%%%===:, AND =OUR= LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,:===%%%%#
##@#%%;=:, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,:=;%%#@##
###%%%;=:, ,:=;%%%###
##%=,,,,,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,,,,,=%##
###@#%;=:, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,:=;%#@###
###%%%;=:, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,:=;%%%###
#%%%%;;=:, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,:=;;%%%%#
@%%;;=::,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,::=;;%%@
#@%;;;==:, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,:==;;;%@#
@#%%%%;=:, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,:=;%%%%#@
#%;:,,,,,, ,,,,,,:;%#
#%;;;==,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,==;;;%#
#@%%;=,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,,=;%%@#
###@#%;=:, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,:=;%#@###
##@#%%;=:, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,:=;%%#@##
###@#%;=:, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,:=;%#@###
###@#%;=:, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,:=;%#@###
##@#%%;=:, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,:=;%%#@##
@@#%=,,,,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,,,,=%#@@
##@#%%;=:, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,:=;%%#@##
##@#%%;=:, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,:=;%%#@##
##%%;:::,, ,,:::;%%##
##@#%%;=:, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,:=;%%#@##
@@#%%%;=:, ,:=;%%%#@@
##@#%%;=:, #,,,========,,,# ,:=;%%#@##
###%;:,,,, ####,== FERMI'S PARADOX ==,#### ,,,,:;%###
##%%===:,, #,,,========,,,# ,,:===%%##
##@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@##
@###%%;=:, SO WHY IS THAT? ,:=;%%###@
##@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@##
#@%;==,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,==;%@#
####%%;=:, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,:=;%%####
@##%%%;=:, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,:=;%%%##@
##@#%%;=:, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,:=;%%#@##
##@#%%;=:, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,:=;%%#@##
##@#%%;=:, HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ,:=;%%#@##
#%%%;=,,,, ,,,,=;%%%#
#%;:,,,,,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,,,,:;%#
#@##%%;=:, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,:=;%%##@#
##%%%=:::, ,:::=%%%##
##@#%%;=:, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,:=;%%#@##
####%%;=:, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,:=;%%####
@@@#%%;=:, SHOWS) ,:=;%%#@@@
#%=,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,=%#
@@##%%;=:, #,,,========,,,# ,:=;%%##@@
##@#%%;=:, ####,== FERMI'S PARADOX ==,#### ,:=;%%#@##
###@#%;=:, #,,,========,,,# ,:=;%#@###
##%%%;=:,, ,,:=;%%%##
##@#%%;=:, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,:=;%%#@##
#@##%%;=:, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,:=;%%##@#
##@#%%;=:, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,:=;%%#@##
#@@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@@#
###@#%;=:, ,:=;%#@###
#@#%%%;=:, ,:=;%%%#@#
##@#%%;=:, ,:=;%%#@##
@@%;=,,,,, ,,,,,=;%@@